Freelance Digital Artist & Artist

Seeking an mid-level career position with a lm, gaming, or commercial company.Skills include concept and character development: design, modeling, and basic knowledge of texturing. Knowledge of 2D animation both traditional and digital. Experience in multiple softwareplatforms including Autodesk Maya, Adobe Flash, Premiere, After Eects, Photoshop, Illustrator,and Dreamweaver. Familiar with PC and Mac Platforms, and experience using Wacom and Cintiq tablets.

Work experienceReel FX Creative StudiosVisual Development Artist - Feburary 2011 to present• Exploring visual posibilites under the vision of the Art Director for commercial and feature projects.• Executed character and prop design on commercial and feature work.• Executed character, prop, and layout paintings on commercial and feature work.• Textured props for feature projects.Art Apprentice - July 2010 to Janurary 2011• Working under Art Direction to achieve visual goals on commercial and feature projects.• Executed character and prop design on commercial and feature work.• Executed character, prop, and layout paintings on commercial and feature work.• Textured props for feature projects.

Turbo SquidLibrary Curator - January 2010 to Present• Developing new standards of quality required for the Turbo Squid product library.• Managing the implementation of quality standards including policy development, site upgradesand feature requests, and quality inspection team processes.• Researching 3d file formats, 3rd party exporters, and common 3d modeling issues.• Training a team of inspectors in Max, Maya, Softimage, C4D, Photoshop and Sketchup to check3d models for quality and operability.• Working with vendors on improving their 3d products and modeling workflow.• Managing the editorial team in checking the overall quality of the TurboSquid library.Quality Assurance Engineer II – September 2008 to December 2010• Testing coordinator/team lead for TurboSquid’s web portal.• Assisted in automation development using Quick Test Pro.• Worked alongside developers on test releases ensuring that implemented designs matchspecications.• Directed and organized design feedback handed to developers on new site features.

EducationSavannah College of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts: Animation Savannah, GASchool of Film and Digital Media *** Laude 2008